Fennell won the 100-meter hurdles, anchored the Indians’ winning 400 relay team, and completed her long jump victory. The meet wasn’t even two hours old by the time the junior became Stark County’s only three-time champion in Salem.

“I just wanted to do my best in every event,” Fennell said.

Fennell’s titles in the hurdles and long jump come in her first season competing in those events. She hopes to continue in the footsteps of former Northwest high jumper Alyson Lindic, a state runner-up her first year and a state champion the following season.

“I’m good friends with Aly,” Fennell said. “... She said you have to give everything a try. Her first year high jumping was her junior year, and she was great at it. I looked at that as motivation.”

Fennell’s winning hurdles time of 14.97 seconds was a season best and one one-hundredths of a second off the meet record set by West Branch’s Taylor Kring in 2009. Her winning long jump of 17 feet, 3 inches was another season best and a one-half inch off the record set by East Palestine’s Alex Casi 14 years ago.